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Configuration HOWTO

By Guido Gonzato, `ggonza at tin.it`

Version 1.99.6. 31 August 2000.

This HOWTO aims at making the fine--tuning of your newly installed Linux box quicker and easier. Here you will find a set of configuration tips for the most common applications and services.

1. Introduction

1.1 Why This HOWTO
1.2 What We Will Be Configuring

2. General System Setup

2.1 A Few Words About Security
2.2 Start the Logbook!
2.3 Keyboard
2.4 Boot and Rescue Floppy
2.5 Kernel Matters
2.6 Hard Disk Performance
2.7 Parallel Port Zip Drive
2.8 Device Drivers
2.9 Sound Card
2.10 Login Messages
2.11 Hostname
2.12 Mouse
2.13 Mount Points
2.14 Automount Points
2.15 lilo(8) and LOADLIN.EXE
2.16 Printer Configuration
2.17 SVGATextMode

3. Common Administration Tasks

3.1 Network Configuration
3.2 Network for Notebooks
3.3 Sharing the Internet
3.4 Restricting Network Access
3.5 NFS Exports
3.6 Samba

4. Software Configuration

4.1 bash(1)
4.2 I18n
4.3 ls(1)
4.4 less(1)
4.5 Editor
4.6 pine(1)
4.7 minicom(1)
4.8 efax(1)
4.9 Ghostscript
4.10 TeX and Friends
4.11 Avoid PPProblems!
4.12 POP Client
4.13 Basic Mail Filtering
4.14 X Window System (XFree86)
4.15 Users' Configurations
4.16 Making .rpms
4.17 Upgrading

5. Configuration Software + Docs

6. The End

6.1 Copyright
6.2 Feedback
6.3 Disclaimer